Major Incident Management

In this guide we will cover: – What is a Major Incident? – Tha Major Incident Console – Identifying a Major Incident – Logging a Major Incident Ticket – Actioning the Major Incident Ticket – Resolving and Closing the Major Incident What is a Major Incident? A Major Incident is effectively an Incident that is […]

Ticket Sources

In this guide we will cover: – What is a Ticket Source? – Adding to Columns and Lists – Ticket Rule Criteria – Setting Source by Actions – Notifications – Excluding/Ordering Ticket Sources What is a Ticket Source? Ticket source is a field that is automatically set to display where a ticket has been created […]

Sensitive Tickets

In this guide we will cover: – What are sensitive tickets? – How to Mark a Ticket as Sensitive – Who can see sensitive tickets? – Reporting on sensitive Tickets What are Sensitive Tickets? Any ticket can be marked as being 'sensitive', doing this will restrict who can see this ticket, both in the end […]

Syncing Tickets Between Instances

In this guide we will cover: – Connecting instances – Determine how Tickets and actions are synced (mappings) – Action Configuration – How to Pass tickets and updates between Instances – Worked Example  – Troubleshooting The functionality outlined in this guide is available as of v2.184+ of Halo. For functionality prior to this version see […]

Distributing Tickets (Intelligent Routing, Load Balancing, Round Robin, Qualification Matching)

                                                                           In this guide we will cover: – Default Ticket Type Assignment Options – Global Ticket Settings – Options Shown on New Ticket Screen/New Actions – Agent Statuses, Ticket Statuses and Teams – Qualification Matching – Load Balance per Ticket Type – Load Balance per Agent – Load Balance per Team – Load Balance Re-Opened Qualified […]

Missing or Deleted Tickets

In this guide we will cover: – Why can't I access a Ticket? – Recovering Deleted Tickets – Preventing Agents from Deleting Tickets Why can't I access a Ticket? The below screen indicates a ticket that cannot be accessed. Fig 1. Inaccessible Ticket. There are a variety of reasons as to why this may be […]

Manually Creating a Ticket

How to add tickets manually. Related Articles: Ticket types Custom Fields Permissions As well as emails generating tickets and users logging on the end-user portal, you can also raise them manually. The new ticket button shown on the far left of the below image, can be added using the advanced setting in Configuration > Advanced […]

Ticket Templates

In this guide we will cover: – Creating a Template – Creating New Template Groups – Values Tab – To-Do Lists – Related Assets – Child Templates – General Configuration Options – Setting Custom Table Default Values – Applying Templates – Default Option on a Ticket Area – Saving a Ticket Template Based on the […]

Creating Tickets

In this guide we will cover: – Creating Tickets via Email – Creating Tickets via the Self Service Portal – Creating Tickets Manually This article shows the 3 primary ways you can create tickets. Email – Tickets raised via Email, this is done via a polled mailbox which raises tickets. This can be configured under (Configuration > […]

Additional Agents

In this guide we will cover: – What are Additional Agents?  – Configuring Additional Agents – Updating Additional Agents – Adding Additional Agents to a Column Profile – Notifications – Adding Additional Agents to an Appointment What are Additional Agents?  If there are multiple agents working on a ticket, the agents that are not assigned but […]